Current Treatments + Solutions

While many people turn to various forms of therapy after having a stroke, some stroke patients choose to wear a mobile ECG patch called Zio XT which aims to identify the potential cause of the stroke. The device can be worn for up to two weeks after they’ve had a stroke, monitoring and analyzing the user’s heart rhythm data throughout the duration. The data about the heart’s electrical activity is crucial in understanding any underlying conditions that may have contributed to the stroke [1]. More specifically, the patch captures any irregularities such as arrhythmias that could indicate a risk of stroke or other heart issues.

One of the most notable advantages of the Zio XT is its convenience. The device can be worn without interfering with the users’ everyday lifestyle [1]. Data from the Zio XT is logged and accessible through a mobile app, making it simpler for patients and healthcare providers to review the information. Furthermore, the user can easily remove the device themselves, eliminating the need for hospital visits just to check on the equipment.

Put simply, the Zio XT offers stroke patients a continuous method for monitoring their heart health. The combination of its design and AI technology makes it a valuable tool for identifying potential causes of strokes, which can help healthcare providers make precise decisions about the patient’s treatment.

 

 

Many residents around Suffolk County received the highest level of care from Stony Brook Medicine, due to the increase of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Nearly 2 million brain cell’s would be lost for each minute that would be passed by. To minimize the death rates of strokes and get to the patients home faster/consistent, was to create an Mobile Stroke Unit for all of Suffolk County. Each of these units contain the highest level of equipment. Including with the amount of personals that are highly qualified to be considered as part of the mobile unit in Stony brook [8].

Here is what it includes:

• A crew of stroke first responders
• Drugs/Prescriptions
• Medical Imaging procedures
• Video call with emergency physicians and neurologists to examine patients before coming to the hospital.

Each unit are ensuring that many stroke patients are getting the life saving treatment they need in a niche of time. Not having a unit, Stony Brook medicine, would be real hard time for the community to receive help in a curial time. More units are being spread out of all of Long Island for more faster access for when a stroke does happen. Also, Stony Brook Medicine are providing lifesaving and time sensitive care for other 40 emergency medical service through out Suffolk County [8].